Key Historic Events
- 1867-Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million
- July 30th 1914- Russia mobilized its army to defend Sibia in WWI
- March 3rd 1918- Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk,ending its participation in World War I
- April 3rd 1922- communist party congress appointed Joseph Stalin secretary of communist party
- January 31 1924- 1924 Soviet Constitution came into effect
- December 23 1925- the 14th party congress endorsed the leadership of Stalin.
- October 1,1928- Stalin presented his first five year plan to industrialize the soviet economy
- December 26 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union/Establishment of the Russian Federation
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